10.
on the Canton River.
-ite side.
or at the
or
oppos- least
my
should extend from the entrance to the Lycemoon
Pass on
the North-East to
the top of the hills behund
Kowloon, trending in a
direction So
as
westerly
to include
Cap. si. moon Pass at the entrance to the Canton Friver,
so
ao
to make the approaches
of this valuable "possession of Her Majesty absolutely Safe.
Further and in
any
case Gap Rock, Waglan Island, Lamma Island, and all islands
within 3 miles of Hong Kong
should be ceded to great
Britani.
16.
without some such arrange- -ment and readjustment of
boundaries.
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boundaries the position of this
Colony in the event of war
I think,
must, insecure from
point of view.
Q
be
very defensive
17. If therefore it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to intervene at
time any
between China &
Japan, I venture to hope
that these crude
recommendations
will be carefully considered.
It
may
not be a
magnanimous
policy to suggest, but they should be forcibly urged upon China before she has had time to recover from the defrat that has been inflicted upon her.
opportunity, if
18.
Such an
it arides, should be taken
to place Hong Kong, England's great emporium of trade in
the
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very defensive
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intervene at ween China & ture to hope
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be
a
magnanimous
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the defeat that cted upon her.
opportunity, if uld be taken
Kong, England's
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the
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